Mueller wollte anscheinend schon seit längerer Zeit weg aus der Wüste:
"He was "very, very unhappy," according to Maloney, "and wanted out of Phoenix.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2010/03/05/mueller-wanted-out-bad/

"He asked for a trade months and months ago,”" Maloney said. "He wanted a new lease on life."
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/31...t-planning.html

"We tried to make it work. I really was trying to do everything in my power to see if we could make it work, because he has tremendous talent.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic...-stempniak.html